'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' poised for record-breaking box office

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is poised to break box office records when it opens in the US later this month.

The Jennifer Lawrence-led sequel's early tracking estimates an opening weekend haul of between $140 million (£87.5 million) and $150 million (£93.7 million), while other analysts claim that the dystopian action movie could surge past $160 million (£100 million) on its first three days on release.

According to Variety, Catching Fire could outpace its predecessor The Hunger Games's $152 million box office from last year and break the November record held by New Moon.

The Twilight sequel grossed $142 million when it opened in 2009.

Catching Fire will be released the week before Thanksgiving in the US on Friday, November 22.